Kodiak woman arrested on assault chargesAlaska State Troopers arrested a Kodiak woman Monday after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance in progress. Richana Mahle, 21, was arrested after allegedly assaulting two of her family members on Lilly Drive in Kodiak, a trooper report said Tuesday. Mahle was arrested and transported to ...

Assembly approves one road contractThe Kodiak Island Borough assembly approved a contract for road maintenance and snow removal in the Womens Bay Service Area and failed to approve a contract for similar work on borough grounds. Staff had recommended that both contracts be awarded to MK Enterprises. Five bids were received for the...

Assembly approves metals removal, postpones subsistence support againThe Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved a memorandum of agreement for the removal of metals from villages, postponed a resolution in support of the Subsistence Access Management Act for the second time, and authorized a contract for recycling services. The memorandum of agreement is with Kodi...

Grand jury indicts Coast Guard man formerly assigned in Kodiak A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a Coast Guard man accused of shooting and killing a Coast Guard woman and injuring her wife and a police officer back in February. The shooter and his two female victims had previously been stationed in Kodiak. The grand jury in Barnstable County on Wedn...

Coast Guard locates 6 missing mariners A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew located six people aboard a vessel and assisted in their rescue in Kuskokwim Bay Sunday, a news release said. The Hercules crew relayed the vessel's position to an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and good Samaritan ve...

First Amendment also protects minority opinionIf we allow emotion instead of reason, mob rule instead of our Constitution to dictate our actions, we are no better than every other failed state that has come before us. If we don't stand for principle, we will fall for anything. And fall we will, indeed. The killings that took place in South C...

Fried, Himelbloom claim Fourth of July victoriesWearing bib No. 4, it was only fitting that Arielle Himelbloom topped the women’s field in Kodiak’s annual Fourth of July 10-Kilometer Run and Walk. Himelbloom, a rising Kodiak High School junior, chopped six minutes off of her time from last year in winning in 48 minutes, 45 seconds. She finishe...

Kodiak Little Leaguers fall in openerKodiak’s intermediate Little League all-star team fell to Dimond-West, 10-1, in its opening baseball game at the District I Tournament on Monday in Knik. Kodiak has today off and will resume pool play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday against Abbott-O-Rabbitt. This is Kodiak’s first time competing in the in...